Guess what? It's St. Patrick's Day. And I don't need a calendar to know it because this is the day when my train into New York City is louder than usual and I hear guys screaming "Alcohol is not an excuse" quickly followed by "Shut up, Murphy!"
In honor of St. Paddy, here's a breakdown of the first round of the NCAA tournament in the South -- including the Irish -- and Midwest regionals from the wise guy perspective, starring sports bettors Alan Boston in the South and Sal Selvaggio from madduxsports.com in the Midwest.
If you missed it on Tuesday, check out the wise guy bracket breakdown of the East and West regionals here.
To read what Sal and Alan say about the Midwest and South regionals of the NCAA tournament from both pick and against-the-spread perspectives, you must be an ESPN Insider.
- Editor in Chief of ESPN The Magazine
- Writes "Behind The Bets" blog on sports gambling
- Authored seven books, including "The Odds"
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Chad Millman
Chad Millman, Editor in Chief of ESPN The Magazine, joined The Mag as an associate editor in 1998. A year later he left to write "The Odds" -- about a trio of Vegas bookmakers and wiseguys -- and to find riches working for an Internet company. He made tens of dollars on "The Odds," the web biz tanked and he returned to The Mag. He also worked at Sports Illustrated and wrote some other books, including "Iceman" with Chuck Liddell, "Invincible" with Vince Papale, "Pickup Artists" with Lars Anderson, and "The Detonators." His most recent books are the national bestseller "The Ones Who Hit the Hardest," about the blood feud between the 70s Steelers and Cowboys, written with Shawn Coyne, and the New York Times bestseller "They Call Me Baba Booey", with Gary Dell'Abate.
Millman's daily blog explores the culture of sports gambling; on Mondays and Fridays in the fall, he investigates trends in point spreads related to professional football.
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